MWWG

MWWG-MONTHLY MEETING
2026-02-23 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WADE HARDWARE, 400 SW 2nd St, Corvallis, OR
The Mid-Willamette Woodworkers Guild’s February meeting will be held on Monday the 23rd from 7-9 pm. The location will once again be at Wade Hardware in downtown Corvallis.

This meeting will feature a special guest speaker: Autumn Peterson of Heritage Finishes and Summerbeam Books in Philomath.

While Autumn’s Heritage Finishes specializes in natural oil based products her talk will be about finishes and finishing in general, not just the products she manufactures and sells.

Besides her experience with finishes Autumn is a past vice president of the Timber Framer’s Guild and has a masters degree in architecture from The University of Oregon where she specialized in historic preservation. In 2023 she opened Summerbeam Books on Main Street, Philomath. A specialist bookstore, Summerbeam Books stocks one of the most complete selections of books in the US on woodworking, house construction, architecture and allied subjects.

There’s a lot to know about finishing, the final stage of our woodworking projects. We are lucky to have someone with Autumn Peterson’s expertise living in our area and willing to share her knowledge with us. Hope to see you next month at Wade!
Michael Toivonen

MWWG - LECTURE - Nick Clark - WOOD BENDING TECHNIQUES
2026-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Corvallis Museum, 411 SW 2nd St,, Corvallis, OR, 97330, United States
Mark Your Calendars, it’s time for two special woodworking events: an all-day Saturday demonstration and a Friday night Museum talk, both with master woodworker Nick Clark.
As a follow up to Yuri Kobayashi’s 2023 steam bending demo Nick’s will be focused on the other wood bending technique, bent lamination. As an extra bonus Nick will demonstrate his methods for producing the custom veneers he uses in some of his projects.
The location of the demo will be the Crescent Valley High School Woodshop, and the date and time will be Saturday March 7th beginning at 9 am. As was the case in 2023 there will be a special event charge for Guild members. Note: you will as well need to be current on your 2026 Guild dues. Stay tuned for the extra amount and other details but be prepared for a very reasonable rate for a demo of this caliber.

On the prior night, Friday March 6th at 7 pm, in place of our regular March meeting we will hold a special event open to all in the Collins Room at the Benton County Historical Society Museum: Nick Clark: A Woodworker’s Journey from the UK to Corvallis

In the first half Nick will describe how a “lad” from an English village who began his woodworking career in a traditional UK 5-year woodworking apprenticeship program at age 16 ended up a master woodworker in the Corvallis, Oregon area.

The second half of Nick’s presentation will focus on his woodworking projects and the techniques he has refined over 40 years of furniture making and building high end cabinetry in the UK, Berkeley, CA, Ashland, OR and now the Corvallis area.
Those of you who have met Nick and seen his work know he is both an expert woodworker and an entertaining speaker. His museum talk should be an event that our membership, their families, friends and anyone with an interest in woodworking will enjoy attending.

While free, since the Museum charges $300 for a Friday night rental of the Collins room there will a suggested donation of $5-10 per person (in cash) to help cover the Guild’s cost and to simultaneously contribute to the success of our beautiful museum via rental of its facilities.

MWWG - LAMINATION BENDING WORKSHOP- BY NICK
2026-03-07 09:00 - 14:30 | Oregon
Mark Your Calendars, its time for two special woodworking events: an all-day Saturday demonstration and a Friday night Museum talk, both with master woodworker Nick Clark.
As a follow up to Yuri Kobayashi’s 2023 steam bending demo Nick’s will be focused on the other wood bending technique, bent lamination. As an extra bonus Nick will demonstrate his methods for producing the custom veneers he uses in some of his projects.
The location of the demo will be the Crescent Valley High School Woodshop, and the date and time will be Saturday March 7th beginning at 9 am. As was the case in 2023 there will be a special event charge for Guild members. Note: you will as well need to be current on your 2026 Guild dues. Stay tuned for the extra amount and other details but be prepared for a very reasonable rate for a demo of this caliber.

42nd MWWG ANNUAL EXHIBITION
2026-04-23 - 2026-04-25 | CORVALLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY, 645 NW Monroe Ave, CORVALLIS, Oregon, 97330
Attention MWWG members! Time to declare your entries in the upcoming show. Let’s get our work out there for the public to enjoy!
MWWG is now accepting applications from MWWG members to exhibit your work in the Corvallis Library main meeting room. You may submit up to three items for the show. The deadline to apply is Feb. 28th 2026. Members must have current dues paid at least 4 weeks prior to the show. Exhibitors are expected to share responsibilities for hosting and monitoring the exhibition. The host coordinator will be contacting you for a date and time.
